Mystic Falls

Mystic Falls
Mystic Falls
Location	Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°29′03″N 110°52′26″W / 44.48417°N 110.87389°W / 44.48417; -110.87389 (Mystic Falls)Coordinates: 44°29′03″N 110°52′26″W / 44.48417°N 110.87389°W / 44.48417; -110.87389 (Mystic Falls)[1]
Type	Cascade
Total height	70 feet (21 m)
Watercourse	Little Firehole River

Mystic Falls is a 70-foot (21 m) cascade type waterfall on the Little Firehole River, a tributary of the Firehole River. Originally named Little Firehole Falls by members of the 1872 Hayden Geologic Survey, the name was changed to Mystic Falls by members of the Arnold Hague Geological Survey in 1885 for unknown reasons.^[2]

Mystic Falls is reached via the 1.2 miles (1.9 km) Mystic Falls Trail which starts at Biscuit Basin in the Upper Geyser Basin.

Images of Mystic Falls

Spring runoff, June 2011

See also

• Trails of Yellowstone National Park
• Waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park

Notes

1. ^ "Mystic Falls". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1609277. 
2. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 185. ISBN 1599717166.